Khathapata

Friday 10 February 2017

Other Local Name : Khathapata

Botanical Name : Alternanthera sessilis:

Family : Amaranthaceae

Main Use : vegetable and Medicine

Other Uses :

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Kathapata grows on the border of crop fields round the year. More so in the winter. It grows abundantly in potato, brinjal, tomato and other winter crop fields .There are many varieties of kathapata . However, a single variety dominates in Tangail, Manikganj,Norshingdi districts . This variety has small leaves with rough surface. The flowers are white. The branches are depressed with the soil .

Medicinal properties : This herb has been used for long in Asia and Africa in the treatment of many diseases including gastrities, vomiting, headache, bronchities,asthma, hepatitis, diabetes, etc.